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DOSKEY

Loads the Doskey program into memory. The Doskey program recalls MS-DOS   commands and enables you to edit command lines and create and run macros. Doskey is a memory-resident program. When installed, Doskey occupies about 3 kilobytes of resident memory. Syntax DOSKEY [/REINSTALL] [/BUFSIZE=size] [/MACROS] [/HISTORY][/INSERT|/OVERSTRIKE] [macroname=[text]] [/APPEDIT] To start the Doskey program and use the default settings, use the following syntax: DOSKEY Parameter macroname=[text] Creates a macro that carries out one or more MS-DOS commands (a Doskey macro). Macroname specifies the name you want to assign to the macro. Text specifies the commands you want to record. Switches /REINSTALL Installs a new copy of the Doskey program, even if one is already installed. In the latter case, the /REINSTALL switch also clears the buffer. /BUFSIZE=size Specifies the size of the buffer in which Doskey stores commands and Doskey macros. The default size is 512 bytes. The minimum buffer size is 256 bytes. /MACROS Displays a list of all Doskey macros. You can use a redirection symbol (>) with the /MACROS switch to redirect the list to a file. You can abbreviate the /MACROS switch as /M. /HISTORY Displays a list of all commands stored in memory. You can use a redirection symbol (>) with the /HISTORY switch to redirect the list to a file. You can abbreviate the /HISTORY switch as /H. /INSERT|/OVERSTRIKE Specifies whether new text you type is to replace old text. If you use the /INSERT switch, new text that you type on a line is inserted into old text (as if you had pressed the INSERT key). If you use the /OVERSTRIKE switch, new text replaces old text. The default setting is /OVERSTRIKE. /APPEDIT Submitted by Franc Zabkar: The undocumented APPEDIT switch (in Win9x) enables command line history in applications such as DEBUG.EXE.
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